

An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions - over 7000 pages - Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. The closest Dark Horse ever came to printing a hardcover edition was in 2000 when they published Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1: The Assassins Road containing 9 chapters from the series and limited to only 230 signed and numbered copies by writer Kazuo Koike (as seen in the pic above). For years he's been planning the destruction of Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf. 3: The Flute of The Fallen Tiger - Kazuo Koike 2000 An epic samurai adventure.

Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West Retsudo Yagyu is a man on fire.
